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love bombing

love bombing noun: an attempt to influence a person by lavish demonstrations of attention and affection. Also the present participle and gerund of love bomb.

Noun

love bombing (uncountable)

  1. An attempt to influence a person by lavish demonstrations of attention and affection.
    • But in cases of love bombing, attention flows in a single direction: One person tries to become the other’s whole world.2022 January 10, Gina Cherelus, “What Is ‘Love Bombing’?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 10 Jan 2022

Also used as

love bombing is also the present participle and gerund of love bomb.

Forms of love bombing

alternative formlove-bombing
alternative formlovebombing

Origin of love bombing

From love + bombing.

From love bomb + -ing.

Questions about love bombing

What does love bombing mean?
Love bombing means an attempt to influence a person by lavish demonstrations of attention and affection.
What part of speech is love bombing?
Love bombing is a noun.

Words near love bombing in the dictionary

  1. love boat
  2. love bomb
  3. love bombed
  4. love bomber
  5. love bombers
  6. love bombing
  7. love bombs
  8. love box
  9. love boxes
  10. love button
  11. love buttons

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